Subject: Info-Mac Digest V18 #18 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Mon, 29 Jan 01 Volume 18 : Issue 18 Today's Topics: 9.0.4 file sharing perpetually starting, never starts [*] 8-ball x.1 submission [*] change-ie-search-1.0.sit.hqx - Change default search engine [*] FileBuddy 6.0.4J - Japanese Version [*] GSCookies.sit [*] HTML TagWriter 3.6 - a no-nonsense HTML editor [*] MathGo 1.6 [*] Screen Catcher 2.2 - screen capture utility with "Catch-All" [*] Speed Download 1.0.4 [*] States3000 v1.02 [*] SweetMail 2.07f8 [*] WordPerfect Conversions 2.0 Al Algorithims e-mail synchronization between Handsping visior (Palm OS) and iMac Info-Mac Digest V18 #17 JavaScript no longer works in IE Location Manager won't open "Modem" & "Remote Access" Performa 6200: how do you remove top cover Photoshop and OS 9.1 Problem with LCD display on wake up The Info-Mac Network is a volunteer organization that publishes the Info-Mac Digest and operates the Info-Mac Archive, a large network of FTP sites containing gigabytes of freely distributable Macintosh software. 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Info-Mac volunteers include Adam C. Engst, Demitri Muna, Hugh Lewis, Tom Coradeschi, Shawn Bunn, Christopher Li, Patrik Montgomery, Ed Chambers, and Chris Pepper. America Online donated the main Info-Mac machine . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V18 #18" ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 10:59:30 -0600 From: "Gib Henry" To: "Info-Mac List" Subject: 9.0.4 file sharing perpetually starting, never starts All of a sudden my file sharing won't complete the start-up process: the file-sharing icons in the control strip and the control panel flash continuously. Initially, the disk churns for a while, but then ceases. It stays on starting up, and in that state it is not accessible from other computers, nor can I set sharing status. Program sharing does start normally. Otherwise, the computer runs just fine. This is an iMac DV SE under 9.0.4 with Software Update running weekly, connected via EnterNet DSL. This worked until the last couple of weeks, and I can't think of what I've changed that might affect it. I've tried trashing the File Sharing CP Prefs. Any other suggestions? Cheers, -- Gib Henry ------------------------------ Date: 27 Jan 2001 From: Dscottknudsen@cs.com To: Subject: [*] 8-ball x.1 submission This Mac application puts a pool table on your screen and lets you shoot the balls down the pockets. Unlike other pool table applications, you can set the table and balls to any size you wish. There are hundreds of settings available for speed and friction. The Aim Assist feature shows you which direction and how far the cue ball will go when you shoot. Shot Status information is provided, like a referee, to show whose turn it is, whether they've made a legal shot, whether a player has won the game, etc., according to rules for either 8Ball or 9Ball. To see what sets 8-Ball Emulator apart from the rest, try minimum ball size and friction settings. Full documentation is available thru the 'Save Help Text' button in the Help dialog. Version X.1: Fixes a MacOS 8.1 crash. [Archived as /info-mac/game/8-ball-emulator-x1.hqx; 261 K] ------------------------------ Date: 27 Jan 2001 From: Marc Liyanage To: Subject: [*] change-ie-search-1.0.sit.hqx - Change default search engine This script allows you to change the search URL in Internet Explorer. After it is changed, automatic search queries will be sent to the new search engine. You can search by typing "?" or "search" followed by your search terms into the URL text field at the top of the browser window. The "Tanaka's osax" Scripting Addition is required. Download it, unstuff and drop onto the closed "System Folder". Then just drag and drop Internet Explorer's program icon onto the icon of this script. The home page is http://www.access.ch/ml/software/applescript/ May be redistributed on CD-ROMs etc. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/change-ie-search.hqx; 7 K] ------------------------------ Date: 27 Jan 2001 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] FileBuddy 6.0.4J - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the FileBuddy package. File Buddy is quite simply the most powerful and popular high-level file utility available for your Macintosh. File Buddy 6 requires a PowerPC-based Macintosh with System 7.6 or later. File Buddy 5 is available for 68K Macintoshes. *View and edit a wide range of file and folder information in the info window. *Create droplet applications that automatically apply changes to items dropped on them, including the contents of folders. *Find files and folders using an extensive set of search criteria. Enhance file searches with plug-ins that extend file search capabilities. Conveniently perform a wide variety of actions on found items. Make File Buddy your default file finding application using the File Buddy CP control panel. *Modify the names of multiple files at once. For example, remove ".txt" from the names of a group of files. *Much, much more... Changes & Fixes: *The duplicate file selection dialog (accessed from the file list window) is no longer modal. As a direct consequence, the online help opens to the correct page when the help button is clicked in that dialog. *Moved buttons at the bottom of the Questionable Preferences window to the upper right corner to be consistent with other windows. *Minor changes to the code to better accommodate translations to other languages. *Alerts now allow switching to other applications unless displayed as the result of a drag operation. *Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when the Find window was opened and no searches had ever been done. *The Find and Cancel buttons in the Find Duplicates in Selection dialog now respond to keyboard input. *Some fixes to address problems in OS 8.1. Some problems still remain for some users. *Fixed a problem that could cause File Buddy to hang when you tried to add a column to a file list. *Fixed a problem that would keep the help from opening if the Help folder is removed from the File Buddy Support folder. *Alerts displayed as a result of a drag operation don't allow switching to other applications to prevent crashing. *Editing version strings in the info window would cause a crash. Fixed. *Fixed a couple of other minor issues. [Archived as /info-mac/disk/file-buddy-604-jp.hqx; 1430 K] ------------------------------ Date: 27 Jan 2001 From: The Weeks Family To: Subject: [*] GSCookies.sit Greetings: I put this file together to simplify the process of doing the yearly girl scout cookie sale for both daughters troops. Keeping track of the cases / boxes due to each girl, as an efficient way to plan the order is the goal. In addition, keeping an eye to the troop profit and deposits Enjoy, Eric Special requirements: MS Excel. Shareware. Uploaded by the author. [Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/gs-cookies.hqx; 15 K] ------------------------------ Date: 27 Jan 2001 From: Alexander Thomas To: Subject: [*] HTML TagWriter 3.6 - a no-nonsense HTML editor (uploaded file: HTMLTagWriter36_FAT.hqx) HTML TagWriter is a HTML editor with all the standard features, plus some special tools. The interface features floating palettes which allow easy inserting of the most common HTML tags. Tags can be edited fast and easily with the contextual pop-up menus: by ctrl-clicking any tag, you can choose the desired attributes. There is also full support for Cascading Style Sheets, with an easy-to-use Style Editor. Some of the other features are: automatic character set and linefeed conversion between Mac, Windows and UNIX formats, multiple file search & replace, text importer & converter, clickmap maker, local image & link-checker (single file and exhaustive), dynamic embedded files, tables-of-contents and multi-column tables, and much, much more. Full documentation is included in HTML format, together with an intro to HTML and a Tutorial. This application is $15 ShareWare and can be registered easily with the included "Register" application or online at http://order.kagi.com/cgi-bin/r1.cgi?ZQY& Requirements: a Mac with a 68030 processor @ minimum 16 MHz (PowerMac recommended), with 2.5 MB free RAM and 3 MB free HD space. For more info, the latest version, or 68K/PPC only formats, go to http://go.to/tagwriter [Archived as /info-mac/text/html/html-tagwriter-36.hqx; 1780 K] ------------------------------ Date: 28 Jan 2001 From: Anne-Marie ANDRE To: Subject: [*] MathGo 1.6 MathGo software aims to offer simple acces to practice and exercises in the multiplicationtables and mental arithmetic in general. MathGo offers some impressive features : Simple, user-friendly, and entertaining with a neat presentation. Automatic question generator, very largely parametrable : choice of multiplication table to be repeated, operations to be practiced, reservation of numbers, time allowed. If the wrong answer is given, the correct answer is displayed, then the question is repeated later. Contest mode, with the 10 best results and bonus recorded, to stimulate the pupil in his or her progress. Who can benefit from this software ? MathGo is for all pupils who strarting to learn multiplication tables and the four operations (addition, substraction, multiplication and division Registration The prices for the various licences are indicated in the " Read Me" file, located in the same folder as MathGo. This document also gives instructions on how to make payment. After payment, you will receive a code giving access to all the MathGo functions. Price : US$ 16. http://www.interactio.ch/mathgo/ [Archived as /info-mac/edu/math-go-16.hqx; 1369 K] ------------------------------ Date: 29 Jan 2001 From: Jon Gotow To: Subject: [*] Screen Catcher 2.2 - screen capture utility with "Catch-All" This is the latest release of Screen Catcher. Screen Catcher 2.2 should replace any previous English-language versions of Screen Catcher in the archives. Screen Catcher is a full-featured, scriptable screen capture application. It is capable of taking snapshots of screen images and saving them as PICT, GIF, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, PNG, Photoshop, SGI, MacPaint, TGA, and QuickTime files. It also allows images to be captured to the clipboard or to Screen Catcher's own windows, where they can manipulated to change the color palette or reduce the number of colors in the image before copying or saving. Screen Catcher also includes a "Catch-All" mode, which automatically scrolls the contents of windows to capture an entire document or web page, even if it's too long to fit on the screen. Version 2.2 offers many more file formats when QuickTime 4 or higher is installed, is fully compatible with Mac OS 9.1, and fixes a number of compatibility issues with specific applications. A full list of changes can be found at: Screen Catcher will operate on any Macintosh running System 7 or higher, including Mac OS 9.1, and is $25 shareware. More information about Screen Catcher, including a full feature list, is available at: -- [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/screen-catcher-22.hqx; 1322 K] ------------------------------ Date: 29 Jan 2001 From: Frederick Cheung To: Subject: [*] Speed Download 1.0.4 Download speeds are very often far from their theoretical maximums. This can be due to general congestion of the Internet but often it is because servers will try and share bandwidth between clients. By using up to 32 simultaneous connections Speed Download helps overcome this limitation. All downloads are resumable and a queue system that supports schedules and scripting allows for efficient use of online time. Version 1.0.4 fixes stability problems and some UI quirks [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/speed-download-104.hqx; 504 K] ------------------------------ Date: 28 Jan 2001 From: Ken Winograd To: Subject: [*] States3000 v1.02 States3000 v1.02 Released! Merrimack, New Hampshire, January 26, 2001: Ken Winograd and Space-Time Associates announced today the release of version 1.02 of a fun Macintosh shareware game called States3000. States3000 is a new take on the classic hangman word guessing game we all played when we were kids. It's the easiest way to learn about all 50 US States. It features colorful, non-violent graphics, digitized sounds, synthesized speech, State pictures and information, and special options especially designed for visually challenged users. Version 1.02 of States3000 fixes a bug that prevented the program from running if the user didn't have certain libraries installed. This version also fixes a bug that could occur when certain dialogs appeared. Some cosmetic changes were also added. States3000 requires a Macintosh (PPC-only.) For more information, or to download or securely register the program, please visit the States3000 web page at: [Archived as /info-mac/game/states-3000-102-ppc.hqx; 816 K] ------------------------------ Date: 27 Jan 2001 From: sweetmail@mac.com To: Subject: [*] SweetMail 2.07f8 SweetMail is an internet e-mail client for Macintosh that provides most powerful features with sweet interface. SweetMail has multiple POP3 accounts, very fast searching, thread-view, filtering, templates, auto-wrap and many useful functions. System Requirements: * System 7.5 or later. (including MacOSX public beta) * 4MB of Memory. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/sweet-mail-207f8.hqx; 2101 K] ------------------------------ Date: 28 Jan 2001 From: John Rethorst To: Subject: [*] WordPerfect Conversions 2.0 Over 40 conversions, to make the WordPerfect free download equal in flexibility to the commercial product. Includes MacLink, DataViz, all popular graphics formats, MS Word 6 and other word processors, Quark Xpress and PageMaker. Free. The free program download is at: http://www.corel.com/products/macintosh/wpmac35/pack_freedownload.htm and the free OS 8/9 updater (also slows scrolling speed for 7x users) is at: http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive/Archive/text/wp/word-perfect-update r.hqx [Archived as /info-mac/text/wp/word-perfect-conversions-20.hqx; 2197 K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 21:16:58 +0100 From: Christian F Buser To: Info-Mac Digest Subject: Al Al wrote: >Doe anyone have a cgi program or java code that will auto update a web page >whenever there is a change. I have heard that Front Page has such an HTML >code that does that, but I being a MAC fanatic do not have access to front >page. I don³t understand your problem right, I think. For this, most HTML editors allow you to upload the changed pages to the server (even HomePage included this feature). But when you change your pages, you yourself know best, which pages you have changed, and so you can also use your favourite ftp application. Christian. -- Christian F. Buser, Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland) Look at Korruption ist die Autobahn neben dem Dienstweg (H. Nahr). ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 23:31:32 +0000 From: "william hutcheon" To: comp-sys-mac-digest@uunet.uu.net Subject: Algorithims I logged on to my ISP's site to get details of new developments. It said Click Here to continue, so I did. I was confronted with the following message: The identity certificate uses an unknown signature algorithim. Does anyone have any idea what this means? Thanks, Bill Hutcheon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 14:48:32 +0200 From: "Dr. Peter Stoyanov" <5040.services@gmx.net> To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: e-mail synchronization between Handsping visior (Palm OS) and iMac Dear list, I have an iMac and just have bought Handspring Visior platinum. Now there is a problem with synchronization of expenses and mail programs with Mac OS. would you recommend mail program for Palm OS that will synchronize with my iMac's Eudora and also a program that will do this for expenses. MTIA Peter ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 12:44:29 -0500 From: RobD To: "Infomac To Digest Reply" Subject: Info-Mac Digest V18 #17 Quoting The Info-Mac Network and possibly previous message on 1/26/01 20:31. >Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 21:24:19 -0500 >From: Lou Casagrande >Subject: CD Spin Up/Spin Down problem > > >All, >I have been having a problem with my CD-ROM lately that I can't find a >solution for. Intermittently, when I insert a CD or when it is accessed, it >will spin up and down from 0 to full speed and back to 0 over and over, >taking as long as 10-15 minutes to load on the desktop. During this time I >can hear what sounds like a disk being read briefly at the height of the >revolution, apparently reading a small amount of the disk before spinning >back down (but does a CD make a noise when data is read?). I have seen this >problem in the forums at MacFixit, but none of the posts has a solution. >However, it appears that replacing the drive does not fix the problem, nor >does reinstalling the CD drivers. It is either a software problem or perhaps >a hardware conflict. Because of the intermittent nature, I can't be sure >that using Conflict Catcher to track a conflict would catch it (a CD can be >fine during one load and exhibit the problem the next). I don't know if it >matters, but my system is a PM7300 upgraded with a PowerLogix 350 MHz G3, >160 MB (Ram Doubled to 256), Mac OS9.1 (but it also happened under 9.04, I'm >not sure if it happened under 9.0 or earlier). > >Thanks for your help, this is driving me berserk! > >Lou Casagrande Try a CD Cleaner to clean the CD's Lens andd/or clean the CD in question with a CD Disk cleaner from a local Computer or Audio shop. It has specific instructions on cleaning in such a manner as to not damage the CD. I use an Audio CD Cleaning Kit. >>>-----------Reach me by ICQ# 7162477------------------<<< ~~~ Read my contributions ~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 23:32:38 -0800 From: Stephen Grady To: Info-Mac Digest Subject: JavaScript no longer works in IE Fortunately I have Netscape, but, still ... Problem: Sometime around January 23 (based on my Java logs), JavaScript rollovers and links no longer work in IE (5.0, 4.5, 4.1). They do work in Netscape (6.0, 4.7, 4.5). Since I design and test web pages in all the browsers I need this corrected. The pages I have been using worked on January 22. There are no error messages at all. JavaScripted rollovers do not change. Links using JavaScript just do nothing. My bank's pages which require JavaScript to log in just show a blank page. Corrective actions taken: 1. In IE 4.5 tried running with Apple MRJ, Microsoft Java, neither. In IE 5.0, tried running with MRJ or nothing. 2. Rebuilt the desktop 3. Zapped the PRAM 4. Reinstalled Apple MRJ (and upgraded to 2.2.4) 5. Ran Microsoft Internet First Run from Microsoft Internet Self-Repair folder 6. Removed all preference from Preferences folder relating to IE that I could find 7. Downloaded new copy of IE 5.0 (had to use Netscape due to the java links at Microsoft) 8. Upgraded MacOS 8.6 -> 9.0 -> 9.1 Don't know where to go from here. Conflict Catcher, TechTool and Apple's Disk First Aid all show no problems with the system folder and its contents. Running Conflict Catcher has been of no help. When I lock off the required files for Explorer, the problem exists and Conflict Catcher reports that the problem is not with the files it can control, so it must be with the locked files. When I don't lock off the files, starting IE installs them and the problem still exists. The Final Kicker: When I start up from a drive in my media bay, one running 8.6, or one running 9.04, the problem is gone. When I replace the files (extensions and control panels) on my internal drive related to IE with those from either external drive, and start from the internal drive, the problem is back. (Current) System details: PB G3 266 192 mb RAM MacOS 9.1 IE 5.0 has 18 mb as perferred, 9 as minimum (4 is the recommended) Stephen Grady Remove the extra dot to reply ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 23:28:42 -0500 From: Vincent Cayenne To: The Info-Mac Network Subject: Location Manager won't open "Modem" & "Remote Access" Powerbook G3 Bronze (1999 Lombard), OS 9.04, 384 MB RAM, VM off. Normally, Apple Location Manager allows simple access to most of the individual components that can be "switched". So, for instance, if I'm setting up a new location and changing AppleTalk settings, I could, from Location Manager, click "AppleTalk & TCP/IP" and tap the "Edit" button. A dialog box then asks if I want to open either of the Control Panels that control these settings and allows "Cancel", "Apply", "Open AppleTalk" or "Open TCP/IP". Everything else works fine but if I select the "Remote Access" module and click "Edit", the "Cancel" and "Apply" can be clicked but "Open Modem" and "Open ARA".are both dimmed and inaccessible. Any ideas on why this might be? And a fix? I can, of course, open the Control Panels in question normally, make configuration changes, and use the Location Manager "Apply" button thereafter. I just would like the streamlined functionality back... ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 16:03:00 +0000 From: dhayes To: "digest@info-mac.org" Subject: Performa 6200: how do you remove top cover My Performa 6200 has problems with its front controls, the grandchildren have broken a pencil lead in the CD eject hole and one of the buttons on the sound controls is stuck in. For these reasons I want to remove the top cover to get at the back of the front panel and hopefully repair the faults described above. However, I cannot fathom out how to get it off. I am used to Centris and Power Mac G3 covers and the need to disengage the back upwards away from the base, then slide the cover backwards to unlatch lugs at the front. But I cannot work out how to disengage the back end of the top cover of the Performa. I don't want to resort to brute force and prise the back free of the base until I have consulted my fellow subscribers. Cam anyone out there help me. Derek Hayes ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 19:37:23 -0700 From: John Fitzgerrel To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Photoshop and OS 9.1 Hi: I finally found the problem. I removed all of my fonts, then copied Adobe's base set (from Applications support) into the system font folder. Photoshop 5.5 launched and so did Acrobat Reader (which had also begun to crash with a type 2 error). Thanks for the suggestions - I tried everybody's. fitz ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 12:00:36 -0500 From: "Howard M. Fried" To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Problem with LCD display on wake up Hi: I've not seen this problem described in any forum and couldn't find anything in archives. My PowerBook G3 Series (Wallstreet) has a 12" TFT display (this was a limited edition; the original 12" displays were STN). About once a day, when I wake it up from sleep mode, the display is incredibly blurry (looks out of focus) and the text and images are surrounded by pixels that move around the text/images like a movie marquee (honestly). Rebooting clears the problem. I'd be grateful if anyone has any idea what might cause this behavior...hopefully it's software, although I'll bet not. Many thanks, Howard -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************